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The Carolina Hurricanes haven't had any conversations with free agent Matt Cullen as of Monday.

The idea of bringing Cullen back was floated around because of the Hurricanes' signing of Justin Williams. Like Williams, Cullen was a big member of Carolina's Stanley Cup-winning team in 2015-16 so a reunion might be a nice sentiment. Although Cullen will turn 41 in November, he's also coming off two solid campaigns with the Penguins, so he does still have some value. It seems right now the Hurricanes aren't pursuing Cullen though.

The 2017 fifth-round selection that the Vegas Golden Knights got from the Carolina Hurricanes originally belonged to the Boston Bruins.

Carolina gave Vegas the pick to entice the Golden Knights to take Connor Brickley in the expansion draft. The fifth-round pick the Hurricanes surrendered was originally acquired by Carolina as part of the John-Michael Liles trade on Feb. 29, 2016.